gizmoball.board
Class Gizmo

java.lang.Object
  gizmoball.board.Gizmo

Direct Known Subclasses:

Absorber, Ball, Bumper, ExtenderGizmo, RotatingGizmo

public abstract class Gizmo
extends java.lang.Object

This class represents a gizmo object, with methods to add triggers and call an action. Each gizmo has a shape object that can be accessed. The class is abstract so that subclasses can specify the action function themselves and determine the behavior of the gizmo.

Author:

Michal Wexler

Field Summary

protected java.awt.Color	color
protected java.util.ArrayList<Gizmo>	connections
protected java.lang.String	name
protected java.util.ArrayList<Gizmo>	reverseConnections

Constructor Summary

Gizmo()

Method Summary

void	action() executes the action that this gizmo.
java.awt.Color	getColor() returns the color of the gizmo.
java.lang.String	getName() returns the name of the gizmo.
Shape	getShape() returns the shape of the gizmo.
java.util.List<Gizmo>	getTriggeredGizmos() returns a list of gizmos that this gizmo triggers.
java.util.List<Gizmo>	getTriggeringGizmos() returns a list of gizmos that triggers this gizmo.
void	setColor(java.awt.Color color) sets the color of the gizmo to the color specified.
void	triggerConnections(Ball b) triggers all the gizmos that are connected to this gizmo.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

name

protected java.lang.String name

color

protected java.awt.Color color

connections

protected java.util.ArrayList<Gizmo> connections

reverseConnections

protected java.util.ArrayList<Gizmo> reverseConnections

Constructor Detail

Gizmo

public Gizmo()

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

returns the name of the gizmo.

Returns:

name of the gizmo

setColor

public void setColor(java.awt.Color color)

sets the color of the gizmo to the color specified.

Parameters:

color - that the gizmo will have

getColor

public java.awt.Color getColor()

returns the color of the gizmo.

Returns:

color of the gizmo

getShape

public Shape getShape()

returns the shape of the gizmo.

Returns:

shape of the gizmo

getTriggeredGizmos

public java.util.List<Gizmo> getTriggeredGizmos()

returns a list of gizmos that this gizmo triggers.

Returns:

a list of gizmos that this gizmo triggers

getTriggeringGizmos

public java.util.List<Gizmo> getTriggeringGizmos()

returns a list of gizmos that triggers this gizmo.

Returns:

a list of gizmos that triggers this gizmo

triggerConnections

public void triggerConnections(Ball b)

triggers all the gizmos that are connected to this gizmo.

Parameters:

b - the balls that triggers this gizmo

action

public void action()

executes the action that this gizmo. Subclasses of Gizmo will override this method.